''Between Us Barons'' (Swedish: ''Oss baroner emellan'') is a 1939 Swedish

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directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Adolf Jahr, Birgit Tengroth and

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.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.93 It was inspired by the British novel ''Following Ann'' by Kenneth R. G. Browne. It was shot at the

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in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth.

Synopsis

A baron returns to Sweden after many years in

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. Soon after arriving, his luggage is stolen by a confidence trickster who masquerades as the baron in order to gain an invitation to the estate of a wealthy couple. Things become more complicated when the baron himself turns up, also in disguise.

Cast

* Adolf Jahr as Gustaf Adolf Leijoncloo * Birgit Tengroth as Inga *

as Hektor Blomqvist * Tollie Zellman as Agnes, hans hustru *

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as Karin, deras dotter * Thor Modéen as Vilgot Sällberg * Magnus Kesster as Jönsson-Hammarlöf-Bratt * Hilding Gavle as Hansson, betjänt * Gull Natorp as Tant Victoria

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1939 films Swedish comedy films 1939 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ivar Johansson Swedish black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub